The former Port Fairy star footballer landed the most satisfying winner of his training career when Moor Wanted won a restricted race at Flemington on Saturday.

He will now focus his attention on winning another metropolitan race, this time at Caulfield, as he endeavours to have trained winners at the four city tracks.

“I think I may take one or two to Caulfield on Boxing Day,” he said. 

“Who knows, we may get our first winner there to end a great 2018 for the stable.”

Moor Wanted, ridden by apprentice jockey Fred Kersley, gave Chow, who has been training for 12 years, reason to smile on Saturday.

“I’ve been fortunate to have trained winners at Moonee Valley and Sandown but this is my first at Flemington,” he said.

“I’m sure any trainer would want and love to have a winner at Flemington.

“The course has so much history and tradition. It was a good ride by Fred and a brave run by the horse.

“Moor Wanted can be very difficult to ride as he tends to run all over the place.

“I’ll probably give him one more run before giving him a  spell and setting him for a race at the Warrnambool May Carnival.

“I’m very lucky because I get great support from foreman Stewie Bishop and the rest of the staff.”

Moor Wanted’s stablemate Hostar ran sixth in a 1720-metre race.

Two of Darren Weir’s four Flemington winners, Yes Yes Yes and Whispering Dream, are trained at his Warrnambool satellite stable while Group 1-winning mare Aloisia showed a return to form for Ciaron Maher and Dave Eustace with a second placing in the $250,000 Villiers Stakes at Randwick.

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